Quileute Tribe's Quillayute River Restoration - Reach 3/Environmental Assessment

The National Park Service, in partnership with the Quileute Tribe, has released the Quillayute River Reach 3 Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 30-day public review and comment period. The proposed project would be managed by the Quileute Tribe and take place mostly on Tribal Trust Indian land. A portion of the project would occur within Olympic National Park. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Northwest Region and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are cooperating agencies.

The Quileute Tribe has been awarded federal and state funding to construct a habitat restoration and bank stabilization project on the Quillayute River that would provide further tsunami and erosion protection of reservation lands. The EA evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with constructing large wood structures and high-flow pilot channels on the banks and floodplain of the Quillayute River between river mile 1.7 and 2.9. The project would redirect river flows and reduce the potential for an avulsion from the Quillayute River, protect streambanks from erosion at a culturally important site, improve salmonid habitat for both juveniles and adults, address low-flow fish passage conditions, and provide sustainable and improved access to the river for tribal fishermen and fish buyers.

The project would involve material hauling (e.g., logs, gravel, rock), floodplain excavation, large wood structure construction, gravel parking lot improvements, and site restoration. The construction would employ best management practices to ensure the protection of protected resources.

Document Content:

Quillayute River Restoration - Reach 3 / EA_July 2021.pdf   (4.1 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.